Kitchen-cabinet.



H. EITHER.

MTGHEN CHINE? APPLIUATION FILI-D JUNE zu, 1911,

MMS,

3 SHEETS Patnted D ltiiltillt Felon.

tpeeeetton et' Letters 'itat-ent ttntented Dee. 9, 1913,

.ttppiieetioii filed time 29, 191 1t. Serial No. 533,041.

e, iiitfeiien entoinet ot e, eoinii'met, eonvenient errnie'einent7 endbeting the severa-il parte ttieieoil' no oriented and ot' suoli echoreothat einer will lie easy oi :moese end n ip uio ted:

'in to provide the eeiiinet with e. bin lievi-ing' e Sitter; the ooreenportion inizi' .lie removed, end lim/ing ritenne i. thereto n tronemrentmeneur i eno.; and to so support the tim that it ini inored outward endinto un iiietinod position to enable the flour to be plee-ed there- ,dmuy be rendilj7 removed tor eieeninj.;h it o, further olijeet o t tlieinvention to ovifle eueli e, eziliinet having' :i i'oiri rotor ed meieinand eoinprieingr :i port thererotti' erntor 'beingW oi" suoli e elim yi*:is: 'to enable tlie ien to loe rezidiiji inertmi therein ind lievinejtoodsnipporting;

to eindjle tlie Spoon to be utilized to the extent., iie4 neeonipenyinggdruwinggje, Viliiggiie i ont elevati *n et :i liiteiion enliinet oin-Minis; my' iinfention; Fie'. i5 is e seet'ionzii .i teiten tienily of'the lower portion iioui imi on :i piene extending' purel- Tront otf tlieeeiiinet; lling 5? is: ii 'riem teiten reitieoliy tlirounli mer portionet the eoliineton e plane "ellel with the side well ot' tlie infine tiretiour iiin in elevea n, eeetionni View teiten on the e?. end ioolcing;in the dire@ oit tire arrows; tli ti ie. e vertionL eeeifiew oi" tiieret'ieerotor portion of te'tiinet.; is :i detail View ot tlie iee jit'wli "rigerntorg and Fie. tie i i one of the ventiliitingg 'r the relirifirai-toi e illfnnfinge r neuro llluetreted one i .iodio/ioni. ot myinvention und here eiiown tlie seine ifiplied to e iiitotien eeloi ilit, is e further otiieet oi? tileA ot :suoli e elizireeter and :soairrni'igzjed4 net, tile mein, tentures oit eonst-ruetion of whieli arewell known.

te here shown, the cabinet comprises an upper portion 1 und e lowerportion E2, eeeli divided into e ',iflie upper portion of the cabinet isof lese depth tiren tine lower Portion thereof end the top ot' the lowerportion constitutes @Work-- in@ trible es indicated et 3. The ninincompertinent fiot the upper portion of the eebinet is closed byswinging' doors. ln order that these doors may be opened and closedwithout necessitating t-lio removal of the articles, ordinarily used inthe Working; tolole 3 l lieve arranged tlie'bottoni oi tlieeompertinentsome distance above the level ot the werk table so that the doors, whenswung .into tlieir open or closed positions, will clear the table top byseveral inches. The space tietw .in the bottoni of the compartment tsind the level oit' the teloleI top 3 is utilized by providing the seinewith ai series of drawers liitounted in :1 compartment t3 nrrzino'edabove the innin compartment in the up; r portion ot the ,cebinet is ntlour bin 'i' iniving e hopper-like lower portion which extends into then'lein compartment 4. The lower end of the holiipensl'mped bottom of thetiour loin is provided yritli e iiour sitter tl and .ineens airepreferably provided for Supporting :i transparent. measuring cup iminedietety beneath the sitter so that the amount. ot '.tiour deliveredfrom tlie loin to the reeeiring Cup may be :ireeurntely geged, To tliieIend e discharge conduit, sueli :is a lit )per is secured to the bottomof the e, er und lios its discharge end of suoli si size tiret it willenter the measuring cup. Secured to and extending' slightly below the.lower edge ot the hopper 9 is an annular itnnge it? provided :it iteltower edge with en innferdly extending annular bend li l:1nd l ovini;:termed en the oppoeite sides thereof vertimil siete or openings 12-adopted to receive liege, l iorined ou the outer side of the ineesurinncup und neer tlie top thereof, lvVlien it is desired to withdrew flourfrom the bin tlie lugs: 13 ot the eup are inserted in the openinge l2 ofthe tlnnge l0 and the cup partially rotated to Cause tlie lugs to engngethe bead ii Wliieli Will supportit in ite proper position tienen-th thefiner sitter. The one lie ig.; of giu i or otlier transparent materielthe eminent ont iti-our which lies been eiited into' it een lie readilydetermined et 110 iilurolity of compartments. 6o

any time. The simplicity of the connecting device makes it possible toconnect the cup to and disconnect the same from the sitter with aminimum amount of trouble. Itwill be noted that this measuring cup alsoserves as a cap to close the discharge end of the hopper and preventparticles of flour from dropping from the sitter when the latter is notin use. I

It is desirable that some means should be provided to enable the sitterto be cleaned:

wit-hout the necessity of removing and emptying the bin. To permit ofthis I have so constructed the sitter that the portion thereof whichcarries the screen can be detached and I have also provided a cut-off toprevent the flour escaping from the hopper when said portion of thesitter has been removed. In the form of the device here shown I havesecured the screen 34 to an annular frame 35 of such a size that it willtit 'snugly about the body portion of the sitter 8. This frame or ring35 may be secured to the body portion of the sitter, which is rigidlysecured to the hopper, in any suitable manner, preferably by the hopper9,' having bayonet slots 36 formed in the opposite sides thereof andengaging parts projecting from the body 'portion of the sitter. In thisconstruction the ends of the shaft 37 which carries the agitator for thesitter project beyond the outer surface of the body portion thereof andform lugs to enter the bayonet slots 36. It becomes apparent that byimparting a short turning movement to the lower portion of the sitterthe screen can be removed and cleaned or renewed. Arranged immediatelyabove the sitter is a cut-olf which is here shown asV comprising a lowerdisk 38 having openings 3S) through which the flour may pass to thesitter when the cut-ott is in its indtperative position. Pivotallymounted on the lower or fixed plate 38 is an upper plate 4() havingwings arranged to close the openings 39 in the lixed plale 38 and thusprevent the flour from passing from the hopper. This upper or movableplate is preferably actuated by a` thumb piece t1 extending through aslot 42 formed in the side wall ot the body p0rtion of the sitter nearthe base of the hopper. The plates 38 and 40 may be supported inposition in any suitable mannerbut, in the present instance, I havemounted them between two beads 43 formed in the body portion of thesitter. These beads serve not only to retain the two plates forming thecut-olf in their proper positions, but the upper bead prevents the flourfrom escaping through the slot 42 which is formed between the two beads.I have also provided the wings of the pivoted plate 40 on their forwardedges with upwardly extending flanges 44 which will engage the flourresting on those portions of the fixed plate 38 between the openings 39and scrape a portion of the same ott the plate and through the openingstherein, thus preventing the same flour remaining upon the fixed platefor a longv period of time and becoming stale. While I have referred tothe cut-ott as formed in the body portion of the sitter it will beunderstood that the body portion of the sitter is, in the presentinstance, merely a continuation of the hopper and that the cut-otf maybe arranged at any suitable point above the screen of the sitter.

In order to enable the bin to be filled I have provided supportingdevices therefor which will permit it tobe partially withdrawn from itscompartment and the upper end thereof tilted forward. To this end theside walls of the compartment have rigidly secured thereto short'tracksor bars 14C and the bin has secured to the opposite sides thereofcorresponding bars 15 which rest upon the bars 14 and support the binwithin this compartment and permit the .same to be withdrawn therefrom.Stop blocks 1G are secured to the side walls ot the bin near the forwardedge thereof above the level et the uppermost bar 14 and have theirupper rear corners cut away to form recesses 17 which are preferablyrounded. Secured to each side of the bin near the rear edge thereof isastop or lug 1S having a. rounded nose adapted to engage the recess 17of the block 16. Vhen the bin is to be filled it is dra-wn outward untilthe stop 18'engages the blocks 1G and is then tilted about the point ofengagement of these two parts. The tilting movement is limited in the`present instance by the rear end of the lower bar 15 Corning in contactwith the frontend of the lower bar 14. The rear end of the bar 15 ispreferably inclined to provide a broader contact surface. yThisconstruction enables the bin to be quickly and easily tilted intoposition to be filled and is of such a simple character that there is noliability of its becoming disarranged or inoperative. This constructionalso enables the bin to be easily removed for cleaning or for otherpurposes. To remove the bin it is only necessary to move it to itsoutermost position and then lift the same to disengage the lug 18 fromthe block 16.

In one of the compartments in the lower portion of the cabinet andpreferably in the one having a height equal to the full height ot thisportion of the cabinet is built a refrigerator. The ice box isl in theform of a drawer, as lindicated at 19, and is slidably mounted in theupper portion of the compartment to enable it to be withdrawn and filledwith ice. In the construction here shown the ice receptacle is supportedon tracks 2O comprising angle irons secured to the respective side Wallsof the compartment. Secured to the opposite sides of the recepta cle areguides 21 also formed of angle iron iso et. In a kitchen cabinet, aflour bin having a hopper, a cylindrical extension to said havingopenings therein, a second plate pivotally mounted on thefirst-mentioned plate between said beads and having wings adapted toclose said openings and upwardly extending tlanges to engage the flouron those portions of said rst-mentioned plate between said openings, athumb piece secured to said pivoted plate and extending through saidslot, a screen detachably secured to the lower end of said extension,and an agitator mounted within said extension.

5. In a kitchen cabinet, a flour bin, means for slidably supporting saidbin within said cabinet, and stops to limit the forward movement of saidbin and to act as a center about which said bin may be tilted, saidstops being in a different plane than said supporting means andseparable to permit said bin to be removed when in its foremost andtilted position.

6. The combination, with a flour bin having a discharge conduit providedwith a reduced lower end, a sifter interposed between the body of saidbin and the lower end of said discharge conduit, and an annular flangedepending from said conduit and havving an inwardly extending bead and aplurality of vertical slots at the lower end thereof, said lower endbeing spaced away irom the lower end of said discharge conduit, of ameasuring cup adapted to have its upper edge inserted between saidflange and the lower end of said conduit, and having a plurality of lugsadapted to enter the re- 'spective slots in said flange and engage saidbead when said cup has tated.

7. In a kitchen cabinet, the combination, with a iour bin having adischarge conduit, and a sifter interposed between the body of said binand the lower end of said discharge conduit, of a cup removablysupported below said conduit so that its upper edge eX- tends above andsurrounds the lower end 0f said discharge conduit.

been partially ro 8. In a kitchen cabinet, the combination,

with a lour bin having a part constituting a discharge conduit, andasecond part secured to said first-named art and depending therefrom, ofa cup a apted to have its upper edge inserted between said parts, andmeans for removably supporting said cup in thevpath of said conduit.

9. In a kitchen cabinet havinga compartment, a flour bin mounted in saidcompartment, a pair of bars secured to each side wall of saidcompartment, a pair of bars secured to each pf the side walls of saidbin and adapted to engage said first-mentioned bars andslidablysupportsaid bin, a stop block secured to said compartment, and a stopsecured to said bin and adapted to limit the forward movement of saidbin, said bars being arranged to permit tilting of said bin when saidstop and block are in engagement and to limit the rearward movement oithe lower portion of said bin.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature in presence of tw`owitnesses.

HENRY J. RITTER.

